Swing



y 22, 1951 A. w. MOSER 2,553,932

SWING Filed Oct. 15, 946

I7 I l INVEN TOR. ADAM W MOSER Patented May 22, 1 951 SWING Adam W.Moser, Hales Corners, Wis.

Application October 15, 1946, Serial No. 703,317

1 Claim.

My invention relates to swings and more particularly to a lawn or porchswing that can be suspended from an overhead beam or from a floorstandard.

The object of my invention is to provide a swing that may be manipulatedand actuated by the occupant.

Another object of my invention is to provide a swing that will provideexercise for the applicant due to the manipulation and actuation of theswing.

Still another object of my invention is to provide a device that has aminimum amount of frictional resistance thereby providing ease ofoperation, due to the propulsion caused by foot pressure. Thus thedevice may be operated by a juvenile occupant.

A still further object of my invention is to provide a swing that isbalanced centrally, is safe for occupancy, easy and economical tomanufacture. It will be manifest that the device as described can beconstructed for either indoor or outdoor use, and of wood or metal.

Other and further objects of my invention will become more apparent asthe description proceeds and when taken in conjunction with the drawingin which Figure 1 is a side view of the assembled device supported by anoverhead beam.

Figure 2 is a front view of the device shown in Figure 1 and Figure 3 isa fragmentary perspective view of the mounting bracket illustrating themethod of supporting the pivoted member.

Similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughoutthe several views and referring now to the same the pendulum bar I isshown disposed upward in radial fashion at H and provided with a saddleor seat arrangement l2 facing the bar ID. The bar I0 is pivotallysupported by means of a pin 13 engaging a pair of brackets l 4 and Mwhich are shown attached to an overhead beam I5 by means of the U boltI6 extending through the beam 15.

There is an eyelet l1 disposed near the upper end of the pendulum bar I0and an outwardly extending bracket I8 is mounted on the attachingbrackets l4 and I4 and supports a rotatably mounted pulley I9 at itsoutwardly extending end, 20. There is a handle member 2| shown attachedat 22 to the pendulum bar l0 extending outward therefrom at a pointabove the saddle l2. This handle 2| is employed by the occupant tomaintain balance and support.

Near the bottom end of the pendulum bar Ill is shown a pair of footboards 23 pivotally attached by means of the bolt 24 and these footboards 23 are provided with a cable 25 attached to their forward end at26. This cable 25 is disposed over the pulley l9 and is attached to theeyelet I! near the top of the pendulum bar l0.

As the occupant is seated on the saddle l2 and has his feet on the footboards 23 and his hands on the handle 2| he need only to press downwardon the foot board 23 causing the pendulum bar I 0 to pivot on the pin l3as shown by the dotted line 26 in Figure 1. The more effort and downpressure that is applied to the front of the foot board 23, the moreviolently the pendulum bar I0 will be caused to pivot on the pin l3 andthe support of the saddle l2 and the handle 2! will afford ampleprotection for the occupant while manipulating the device.

It is obvious that a device of this nature can me constructedeconomically and can be installed at any convenient place or mannereither indoors or outdoors, and may be of any length to accommodate theheight of the support from the floor.

In Figure 3 I show a detailed fragmentary prospective view of themounting bracket and the attaching means for the pendulum bar.

While I have shown a specific construction and arrangement of the partsconstituting the device, I am fully cognizant of the fact that manychanges in the form and configuration of the component parts may be madewithout effecting the operativeness of the device, and I reserve theright to make such changes in the form of the component parts as I maydeem necessary or convenient without departing from the spirit of myinvention or the scope of the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent in the United States is:

A device of the character described comprising in combination a pendulumbar, a support bracket, said bar pivotally mounted at its upper end tosaid support bracket, said support bracket provided with a forwardlyextending member, a pulley mounted to the forward extending end of saidmember, said pendulum bar provided with an integrally constructedupwardly extending loop having a saddle member rigidly mounted thereto,a foot pedal horizontally pivotally supported at one of is ends by saidpendulum bar near its lower end, said foot pedal extending outward fromsaid pendulum bar in opposite directions to that of said saddle mountingand a cabie member attached at one end to the outwardly disposed end ofsaid foot pedal, said cable member contacting the upper surface of saidpulley and having its other end attached to said pendulum bar at a pointbelow its pivoted mount- 5 ing to said support bracket.

ADAM W. MOSER.

REFERENCES CITED 7 The following references are of record in the.

file of this patent:

Number 4 UNITED STATES PATENTS Name Date Bettes May 29, 1888 Skeel Nov.4, 1919 Jochumsen June 29, 1920 Kolell- Oct. 12, 1926

